The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-06
QUARANTINE CHARGES.
THE BELLE HOOPER'S CAPTAIN
ASKS TO BE REIMBURSED.

The Early Closing of the Market on
Saturday Night Objected to-Police-
man M. Fleming Pensioned~-Th City
Treasurers Report for the Three
Quarters Just Ended-A Petition
Concerning Harbor Fees.
The City Council held its regular meet
ing last night, Acting Mayor Schwarz pre-
siding. Aldermen Thomas, Bogart, Nell,
Reid, Duncan, McDonough and Myers be
ing present.
The reports of the committees were read
and received, and routine business disposed
of.
Capt. Gilke, of the schooner Belle Hooper,
petitioned the Council to return to him $27
quarantine fees, which had been collected
! when he was held at the station. Tue petition
stated that the vessel came from a North
ern port, with a Northern cargo and a
Northern crew. but still she was quaran-
tined. The quarantine officer acknowledged
that he had made mistake, and the petit
TONER did not think that he should profit
by his own error The petition was re-
ferred to the Sanitary Committee and the
Sanitary Commission.
A petition was received from the Central
Railroad and Banking Company asking
that the restrictions of time imposed upon
the company in building road from the
Ogeechee to the Bilbo canals be removed.
The petition was referred to the Street and
Lane Committee.
HARBoR DUES.
A petition from j. A. Roberts to relieve
vessels, for which he is agent, from certain
| harbor dues was received and referred to
| the Finance Committee The petition stated
| that harbor dues had not been collected
| from the steamship lines, or other coastwise
| vessels engaged in the same trade, but that
they had been collected from his vessels by
force, although the highest court III the land
| had declared them unlawful; that the petit
| toner had inquired of the Corporation At
| torney why the fees were not collected from
| the more powerful lines, and his reply was
| that from those lines they could be collected
at any time, and the petitioner then offered
| to deposit the amount of the fees in bank
| there to remain until the city should prove
| title to them. and although the money de-
| posted would be more accessible than the
vessels, if it was necessary to levy, his offer
was rejected He prayed relief.
, EARLY CLOSING OF THE MARKET.
The occupants of the stalls in the market
petitioned Council to permit the market to
remain open until , O'Clock on Saturday
| nights. and stated that on Saturday, Oct 1,
| the clerk had rung the closing bell at $
O'Clock, instead of ., as had been the custom
| for many years. The petition was referred
| to the Market Committee Alderman Nell
| stated that there was an ordinance requir-
| ing the market to be closed at s O'Clock on
| Saturday night, but it had been in
| operative for years, and as the closing
of the market one hour earlier than
| has been the custom entailed great
| inconvenience upon the citizens, he moved
| that the Market Committee be empowered
| to order the market kept open until 9
O'Clock on the two Saturday nights that
would intervene before the committee could
report Alderman Reid, Chairman of the
| Market Committee, said that the ordinance
was adopted in 1892. but had never been en-
! forced, and he thought the Clerk of the
market had overstepped his duty in putting
| it into force without consulting the commit
tee The motion of Alderman Nell was
| carried.
| The ordinance regulating the erection and
maintenance of telegraph poles was report
| ed back by the committee and passed.
| Alderman Duncan introduced an ordi-
nance to the effect that all owners oil
property within one block Of a sewer should
connect it with the sewer, and if they failed
to do so after being duly notified, then the
| OlJN Alhlolltll SllOltiu nave JuS NOEh uOuo al
| the expense of the owner.
POLICEMAN FLEMING PENsIoNED.
| A communication from Health Officer
Mcfarland stated that at the request of
Gen. r. IT, Anderson, Chief of Police, he
| had examined Private NJ Fleming, and
found him permanently incapacitsted foi
duty by paralysis. The Chief certified that
| Fleming had been on the force for more
! than twenty year.. In accordance with the
ordinance recently passed, NJ. Fleming was
placed upon the retired list, and he will
hereafter receive one-third the annual pay
of a private
| A communication was received from A.
H. MacDonell Esq, in which he stated that
| ferred with the Mayor and Corporation At
| torney upon the matter; that there were
many ordinances and parts of ordinances
which needed TO be repealed or changed
| and he suggested that the revision of these
| ordinances be made as the codification pro
| crossed, as that would be the simplest plan.
| Alderman Duncan said that Council did
not know by what authority Mr.. MacDonell
proceeded with the revision of the Code
| that it had not been ordered by Council, and
| if the Mayor had employed Mr.. MacDonell
| for the purpose, he thought Mr.. MacDonel
ought to make his report to the Mayor. He
moved that the communication be referred
| to the MaYor for information, and the mo-
| ton was carried.
The report of the Treasurer for the three
quarters lust ended showing an expenditure
of $780, 900 IS, was read, and the Council
then adjourned.